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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






2. Sources of fats






3. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






4. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






5. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






6. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






7. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






8. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






9. What is the function of vitamin E?






10. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






11. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






12. What is normal BMI?






13. Name six sources of grains






14. What type of people need extra protein?






15. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






16. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






17. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






18. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






19. What function is vitamin D?






20. What is the function of vitamin C?






21. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






22. When does BMR increase?






23. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






24. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






25. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






26. What is RDA of protein?






27. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






28. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






29. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






30. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






31. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






32. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






33. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






34. How many calories/gram is protein?






35. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






36. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






37. Where can you get more vitamin D?






38. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






39. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






40. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






41. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






42. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






43. What foods have high quality protein?






44. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






45. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






46. When does BMR decrease?






47. What is normal albumin levels?






48. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






49. What are healthy sources of fats?






50. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?